Nursing Assistant

Nursing Assistant

Hackensack Meridian Mountainside Medical Center

Montclair, NJ 07042

Posted 8 months ago

  • Job Type(s)

    Part Time
  • Industry

    Healthcare
  • Job Description

    Nursing Assistant

    Overview

    Join our team as a night shift, PRN, Med Surg Nursing Assistantin Montclair, NJ.

    Fulfilling your purpose begins here:

    People First, Always. Heres how we take care of our people:

    • Competitive salaries, support teams and growth opportunities.

    Your team is bigger than your department:

    • Hackensack Meridian Mountainside Medical Center is an 820,000-square-foot facility that offers the latest medical programs, cutting-edge technology, and patient-focused care that includes 365 beds, 1,200+ employees and a 27-bed Emergency Room/Fast Track Unit.
    • We believe healthcare is a team sport and every player has something to contribute. We show compassion, celebrate differences and treat one another with respect.

    Responsibilities

    • Provide basic nursing care to patient
    • Assist nursing personnel and physician in emergency care
    • Accept responsibility for providing safe, appropriate, quality patient care
    • Perform out of bed/back to bed as appropriate
    • Observe patient while performing delegated tasks and report significant findings regarding patient safety, personal need and change in patient's condition to the licensed nurse.
    • Respond to call light promptly and courteously
    • Maintain confidentiality of patient record
    • Assist patient in wheel chair, on stretcher and ambulating
    • Monitor vital signs, specimen collection, intake and output, meal consumption, height and weight, blood glucose testing/monitoring, point of care testing
    • Perform any and all other duties as assigned

    Qualifications

    Job Requirements:

    • High School diploma
    • One (1) year of Nursing Assistant experience

    Preferred Job Requirements:

    • CNA certification
  • Candidate Profile

    Qualification High School